Connecticut Supreme Court overturns state’s death penalty
In 2012, Connecticut repealed the death penalty for all but the 11 people who were on death row at the time the law was passed. Thursday, the state’s Supreme Court ruled the part of...
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Animas River carries three million gallons of mining wastewater downstream to Navajo Nation and Utah
Environmental authorities have admitted the scale of an acidic wastewater spill into a Colorado river is three times larger than initial estimates. Turns out three million gallons of water laced with acid and heavy...
Ten of thousands of rural women converge on Brazil’s capital city for March of the Daisies
More than 50,000 rural women demonstrated in Brazil’s capital Brasilia Tuesday. Their demands include agrarian reform, sustainable development and an end to violence against women. The action, known as the March of the Daisies, is...
Bolivian president opens up protected natural areas for oil and gas drilling
During the time that President Evo Morales has been at the helm of Bolivia’s government, the country has gone from being the poorest in South America to having one of the region’s fastest growing...
St. Louis County under state of emergency as protesters remember Mike Brown shooting
Just one day after demonstrators marked the one-year anniversary of the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Mike Brown by then-officer Darren Wilson, St. Louis County – which includes the town of Ferguson, Missouri – is...
Mexican journalists demand justice and a transparent investigation in Mexico City multi-homicide
A multiple homicide in Mexico has once again put violence against women, activists and the press in the international spotlight. This time the crime occurred in the capital city – a metropolis considered a...
Colorado mine spills at least a million gallons of acidic waste water
A portion of the Animas River that runs through Durango, Colorado was closed this week following a waste water leak at the Gold King Mine above Silverton. At least a million gallons of acidic...
Alabama now third state to end funding for Planned Parenthood after national efforts fail
Alabama Governor Robert Bentley moved Thursday to de-fund Planned Parenthood via executive order, making Alabama the third state to cut off funding since the release of a series of secretly recorded videos by a...
Heavy monsoon rains wreak havoc across India
Severe flooding has affected hundreds of thousands across Bangladesh and Myanmar, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. In India, at least 150 people are dead and more than a...
Senate lawmakers accuse State Dept. of putting trade policy over human rights
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill held a hearing today, and threatened to subpoena internal State Department communications to determine if administration officials placed trade policy above human rights on this year’s human trafficking report. FSRN’s...
